Central Atlantic Storm Investigators

Severe Thunderstorms / Tornadoes of May 7-8, 1998
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Weather Maps and Images

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Lightning Detection Images

US Lightning US lightning Southeast Lightning
US Lightning Detection (last hour of strikes) at 10pm shows the extent of the storms US Lightning Detection: There were 68,264 Lightning Strikes in the US on May 7 between the hours of 8am and 11pm! As you can see, many of those were associated with the Severe Storms in the Southeast 60,688 of those strikes were related to our Southeast Supercells!
NC/SC Strikes
This map of Lightning Strikes in the Carolinas shows clearly the path that our Severe Supercell Thunderstorms took during the afternoon and evening on May 7. 38,922 Lightning Strikes were plotted on this chart!